Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
TACITUSThings are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
More Tacitus Quotes
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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